Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pathful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: path-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a path.

Example Sentences

"The rough on this historic Scottish links is a tangled thicket of head-high shrubs called gorse, here growing so densely that it seems to swallow up a whole pathful of spectators walking between holes."
"A pathful of strange blossoms vying for glamour;[…]."
"A pathful of tall reeds and grass"
"[…]the “fight” is about on a par with a “battle” between an individual in hobnailed boots and a pathful of garden quails."
"A whole pathful of fallen flowers go off down to the waters, this is the morning young Ruan Zhao reaches Mount Tian-tai."
"Rainbows in heaven / Wise serpent hissing / Pathful of daisies / December winds."

Etymology

From path + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: path

Questions

What does pathful mean?: Enough to fill a path.
Where does pathful come from?: From path + -ful.

How to pronounce pathful

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